#BC7D79#BC7D79

#BC7D79 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.079 H 23.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC7D79
RGB	rgb(188, 125, 121)
HSL	hsl(4, 33%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(4, 36%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.5%, 35.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.73, 23.98, 12.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.73, 26.92, 27.03°)
OKLab	oklab(65.34% 0.0728 0.0316)
OKLCH	oklch(65.34% 0.079 23.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.5250, 26.7413, 21.5866)
Luminance	0.2674 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC7D79 #79B8BC

analogous

#BC7996 #BC7D79 #BC9E79

triadic

#BC7D79 #79BC7D #7D79BC

tetradic

#BC7D79 #96BC79 #79B8BC #9E79BC

square

#BC7D79 #96BC79 #79B8BC #9E79BC

split-complementary

#BC7D79 #79BC9E #7996BC

monochromatic

#7C423E #A55853 #BC7D79 #D0A5A2 #E5CCCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#BC7D79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.35

#BC7D79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC7D79

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC7D79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC7D79	1.00	3.31	6.35	6.35
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A8678

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999278

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9767C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc7d79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 125, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.079 23.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2a39f',
    500: '#bc7d79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc7d79;
$custom-light: #d2a39f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc7d79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.582,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65338,
    "c": 0.07932,
    "h": 23.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC7D79

secondary

#BCD4D5

accent

#A5AC39

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FAF4F2

border

#D3CECC

text

#140F0E

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC7D79

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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